From Programming to Products: Softalk Magazine and the Rise of the Personal Computer User.

In the 1980s, the user emerged as a distinct class of personal computer owner motivated by instrumental goals rather than the exploratory pleasures of hackers and hobbyists. To understand the changing values and concerns of microcomputer owners, we analyzed 1,285 reader letters published in Softalk...

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Published in:	Information & Culture Vol. 55; no. 2; pp. 105 - 130
Main Authors:	Nooney, Laine, Driscoll, Kevin, Allen, Kera
Format:	Article
Published:	University of Texas Press 2020
Subjects:	Personal computers Periodicals Computer hackers Hobbyists Computer software industry Amateurism Professionalization
Online Access:	View this record in EBSCOhost